1979–80 Soviet League season
# 1979–80 Soviet League season

The 1979–80 Soviet League Season was the 34th year of competition in the Soviet Championship League. CSKA Moscow won the championship, its 4th in a row and 23rd overall.

## Regular season

| | Club | GP | W | T | L | GF | GA | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1. | CSKA Moscow | 44 | 39 | 2 | 3 | 306 | 118 | 80 |
| 2. | Dynamo Moscow | 44 | 33 | 1 | 10 | 235 | 127 | 67 |
| 3. | Spartak Moscow | 44 | 28 | 5 | 11 | 195 | 140 | 61 |
| 4. | Krylya Sovetov Moscow | 44 | 22 | 5 | 17 | 172 | 149 | 49 |
| 5. | Torpedo Gorky | 44 | 20 | 4 | 20 | 175 | 173 | 44 |
| 6. | Sokol Kiev | 44 | 14 | 12 | 18 | 146 | 161 | 40 |
| 7. | Traktor Chelyabinsk | 44 | 17 | 6 | 21 | 139 | 162 | 40 |
| 8. | Dinamo Riga | 44 | 16 | 4 | 24 | 134 | 162 | 36 |
| 9. | Khimik Voskresensk | 44 | 15 | 6 | 23 | 138 | 174 | 36 |
| 10. | Izhstal Izhevsk | 44 | 9 | 8 | 27 | 143 | 229 | 26 |
| 11. | SKA Leningrad | 44 | 10 | 6 | 28 | 128 | 233 | 26 |
| 12. | Avtomobilist Sverdlovsk | 44 | 8 | 7 | 29 | 139 | 222 | 23 |

## Relegation

| | Club | GP | W | T | L | GF | GA | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1. | Salavat Yulaev Ufa | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 29 | 22 | 7 |
| 2. | SKA Leningrad | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 25 | 7 |
| 3. | Izhstal Izhevsk | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 29 | 30 | 6 |
| 4. | Kristall Saratov | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 26 | 28 | 4 |
